Alex
Bostic has been doing art for as long as he can remember. He grewup in Brooklyn, New York and attended the High
School of Art and Design.upon graduation, he went to Sullivan County
Community College and received an A.A.S. degree in Communication
Arts. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the prestigious Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, NewYork and recently was awarded a Master of Arts
degree from Syracuse University in Illustration.

Bostic has worked professionally as an
illustrator for nineteenyears at various companies, which include
Hallmark Cards, TriadProductions and Godbold/Richter Studios based
in Kansas city.

Alex Bostic has exhibited his work throughout
the United States andabroad. His work is also in the Budweiser
Anheuser Busch andWilberforce University's permanent art
collection. Bostic also servedthree years in the U.S. Navy, where he was
rated the "Best Illustratorin the Navy.,' He received various awards,
such as the Pacific Coast ArtCompetition (first and second place), The
Half-Hitch Contest (secondplace), The Public Affairs merit Awards for
Special Achievement and fourletters of commendation from Commanders. other
awards include the GrandPrize in the Third World Art Show at Pratt
Institute, two illustrationAwards of Merit from the Kansas City Art
Directors Club, and manyCertificates of merit from the Society of
Illustrators in Los Angeles.

In the last ten years, Bostic has held various
teaching positionsthroughout the United States. He taught at the
Kansas City ArtInstitute, Contemporary Concepts of Beverly
Hills, Woodbury Universityin Burbank, California and Pratt Institute.
Currently Bostic isAssociate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth
University, School of the Arts.